Ryan v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
115 F.3d 193 · 1997
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably McMellon v. United States (2004), 19 Cal. 4th 952 - Santa Monica Beach, Ltd. v. Superior Court (1999)
14 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Cohens v. Virginia · McClellan v. Carland · Cohens v. Virginia
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) [in an in rem case,] which court first assumed jurisdiction over [the] property; (2) the inconvenience of the federal forum; (3) the desirability of avoiding piecemeal litigation; (4) the order in which jurisdiction was obtained; (5) whether federal or state law controls; and (6)whether the state court will adequately protect the interests of the parties.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he task is to ascertain whether there exists 'exceptional' circumstances, the 'clearest of justifications,' that can suffice under Colorado River to justify the surrender of that jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is axiomatic that the federal courts have a `virtually unflagging obligation ... to exercise the jurisdiction given them' by Congress,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.